The Fall Of The Apple Inc.

So far this year has been nightmare for Apple Inc., Although Apple tried to put a strong stand when in early 2016 it confirmed it's First Off-Shore Development Centre* to be established in India. But in truth Apple has ever since been drowning.  Recently in my previous posts I explained what Decisions Apple Have Made Wrong* And How Google Will Knock Down Apple*. 

When Apple launched iPhone 6 it was said to be the highest selling product from Apple in one week of launch, but soon after reports from users came pouring about how bad quality was delivered at such a steep price. Apple's image took a serious hit. The economy of Apple sunk to a new low which the company has never seen before, so Apple decided to bring New Policies For Damaged iPhone* which they thought would make customers trade their old iPhone for iPhone 6. 

Meanwhile Investors started pulling out and then came the battle of ages, apparently Apple decided to get in ring with Uncle Sam. Like they already hadn't had enough shit. Now company's so called another "FLAGSHIP" is rumored to loose it's audio jack. Yes, iPhone 7 Might Not Have Audio Jack*, which again made it's loyal customers a bit angry. Now it's confirmed that company has decided to cut iPhone production by 30%. I Mean Come on 30% . And on top of it now a Florida Sheriff is Out for Tim Cook*. Basically Apple is tacking hit where ever it can and being brought down by their CEO. 

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Apple Inc. Has Started Making Bad Decisions

We all know about the fight between Apple & FBI, as the issue is currently exhausting most of Apple's resources and attention other giants are moving forward. Apple is more & more concerned for winning the battle against FBI that for a time being it might be overlooking the threat their competitor poses,And 

Fate Hits You When You Expect It The Least.

Recently it's suggested through reports and leaks that Apple has removed audio jack from it's next flag ship device iPhone 7. At first it was believed that it's a good and bold move to remove the audio jack cause it will make the device slim and took balls to do it and fans of Apple said at-least Apple had the guts to do it, and move the built to next level, but the fail to comply with the fact that iPod is slim than iPhone and still has the audio jack. So basically removing audio jack has nothing to do with the fact to reduce the dimension of device, it's most likely a cost cutting move. Now when/if they remove the audio jack they might make it up by providing wired connection through charging port via a separate connector which apparently will be another accessory for apple users to buy. So Apple did cost cutting on it's product smartly and charged their customers for it and ofcourse Apple would the first to sell those connectors  and that too on steep price.

The second issue to consider is, that every new device that apple launches is another so called FLAGSHIP DEVICE. Never ever has Apple considered to launch a device that could allow their loyal customers and fans to buy a decent priced device, and so no matter what they have to buy Apple's steep priced devices. Have you ever came across news that said "A Man Sold His House For iPhone 6" if not "GOOGLE IT" :P. 

There's a storm coming in economic world and it's inevitable. So there's no doubt that Apple will loose customers if it keeps on launching only high end devices. while Apple is making change to design of same product (iPhone) Google is trying to launch Project Ara which might be considered as  ONCE IN A LIFE TIME PHONE and with it's basic model is believed to cost just $50. More over a customer wouldn't have to buy a whole new device when he wants to upgrade. Considering all these fact it's safe to say that Google Might Know Down Apple. I mean we all know about the hit Apple's Economy took in last quarter.

It's a sad fact that Apple is forgetting the belief of Steve Jobs as he wanted to snatch the market from bullies and provide users the premium experience of technology at reasonable cost.

Google Might Knock Down Apple In Near Future

Apple Inc. already has taken a devastating hit on its economy in the previous quarter. While the stand of  Apple Inc. against FBI is ambiguous to Black & White, it sure as hell has transformed from fight to battle and the damages are bound to be dealt on either sides, unfortunately for Apple the timing s***s. Though Google is backing  Apple's stand but on the other side Google Projects are running somewhat smoothly. And lets not forget the fact that Apple is in the ring with Uncle Sam, The government which is paranoid and spends more on security then anything else so they are sure as hell not going down and if by some miracle they loose the fight they surely will bring Apple to it knees.

Google is bound to launch Project Ara in the vicinity of future. If successful, the project has the minerals to take the world of smartphone into a new "Era". Even though iPhone is popular device, but Project Ara will make every consumer consider their options. Apple Inc. currently has no such product coming in, They need another Steve Jobs if they wanna survive. Not only Apple, companies like Samsung, HTC etc. also might be at the verge annihilation. I mean come Project Ara is once in a life time buy which literally put the power of hardware selection in the hands of Customer

Android Lollipop

June 25,2014 The world's Search Giant Google hosts its annual conference known as Google I/O in San Francisco, California.

In this conference an update was introduced named "ANDROID L" for developers from around the globe. It's been believed that this is the best update android has ever seen in its entire history, This being true there's a another truth that statistics said that Android L also has been the most epic fail of Android as well. Android L version 5.0.0 was launched publicly with Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 On October 15th 2014 with Google stating that Android L stands for Android Lollipop and the OTA updates started rolling out as of November 3rd 2014.This update truly is the best update but the only reason it failed to convince users to install it, is because of its lack of testing. Due to lack of testing the update had a lot of bugs which messed up Nexus 5 pretty bad, which was the first to receive update and so the first impression of software to users was very bad.Only after rolling out update to few handsets Google had to hold the update in, as every single source from soak test reported a Memory Bug.It took Google another month to develop a new bug free version coded 5.0.1 but it too failed to amaze the users so they had to move on to another version coded 5.0.2 . With previous failed updates on Nexus 5 Google took its time to test 5.0.2 on Nexus 5 in their backyard so as to avoid more bad publicity,Meanwhile Motorola pushed out Android Lollipop 5.0.2 to its Moto G 2nd genration in US. As Nexus 5 update never went through Soak Test, It made Motorola Moto G 2nd gen to be the first to officially receive the Android L update.

Features Of Android Lollipop 5.0.2

Android Lollipop didn't just looked beautiful it is also smoother then ever before. Despite of its issues it runs smoothly and feels beautiful.Up until now each Android update has just enhanced/improvised/improved same features but with lollipop they didn't just improved things they also introduced a whole set amazing features.There are a lot of new feature but here I'm just gonna discuss highlights.

1.Material Design:  

The whole user interface of device has been enhanced.Stock Android has a bright theme with white app drawer and colorful appearance of Dialer, Contacts and other default applications of  Android. Calendar is one of the app that has been updated beautifully the whole animation view feels amazing.Notification panel has been made transparent and doesn't takes up whole screen. In all the lollipop is beautiful but still some people wished that they had a dark theme option too.The setting menu that used to be dark has now white background and counter to white background is Cyan color used to represent text and their icons. Every touch on screen triggers a ripple effect which can bee seen in light grey color.The calling screen now has blue card on top that has all the key buttons that are needed for in-call feature and the image of person appears in the bottom of the Blue card.The photo icon in the contacts are now in a circular frame instead of square.

2.Notification:

Notification is the field in which Google just did an amazing job. lets first look at the notification panel. its transparent and takes only the required part of screen when pulled down, another pull on notification will show you somewhat Cyan-Gray colored  tray in which icons of  basic/mostly used settings can be seen. More importantly its adaptive, like if you use some feature of setting on regular basis  than the feature will be added onto the notification panel. up on the notification panel there is a profile pic, battery icon and network icons.

Notifications are now totally in "Google Now Like" cards form. which are smoother. Lock screen has been changed fully to be synced with notifications, now you can see all your notifications on your lock screen and if you choose not to see any notification on lock screen you can manage it all in settings and customize which content to be visible on lock screen.The notification on lock screen can be seen in detail form when pulled down, double tap on particular nonfiction will take you to its responsive app.Lock screen also features Ambient Display option that can be enabled in Settings under display menu,this feature turns on your phones lock screen whenever a notification comes.

A new feature of notification visibility has been introduced, named "Heads-up". it shows notification in card pattern and allows you to keep doing what you doing when notification comes,rather than taking up whole screen. it also allows you to dismiss notification like you dismiss card in Google now and continue with your current application.

Another new feature of Android Lollipop is its priority interruptions setting. With hitting a volume rocker key on home screen a pops up showing a volume scale and underneath it there are three options "None Priority All". you can change and customize your downtime settings and when priority feature is on those downtime settings will be applied,the best thing about it is you can set time for how long you want priority notifications so you won't have to worry about putting your phone on normal mode.

Project Ara...Would it be the last generation of smartphone??

In this age of information, electronics has changed the lifestyles of people around the globe, whether the change is for better or for worse could be a whole other reason for argument. From Desktops that took up a whole corner of a room to smartphone that sits in your pocket, the computing has seen a major revolutionary changes which evolved electronics  from time to time. Microsoft, Apple And Google had been the key players in the field of information. The Google's new PROJECT ARA is believed to create new levels of high. If launched perfectly this project could lead to massive change of course in the market of smartphone. This project seems to have the juice to run all the other smartphone companies out of business. With the recent accusation of MOTOROLA at 12.5 billion dollars and selling MOTOROLA to LENOVO in the end 2014 at  2.5 billion dollars Google made it pretty clear that it has kept all MOTOROLA'S patents, Patents that according to google worth for about 10 billion dollars. Motorola has been the pioneer in bringing dreams to reality, discoveries and inventions are made daily but Motorola has always found a way to practically implement those inventions and making them economically accessible so as to launch products successfully in market. Motorola launched first ever touchscreen phone in '95 so it is safe to say that Motorola did packed a punch when came to patents. Motorola was the one to announce Project Ara In 2013 and since then every company has been trying to get a piece of action in Project Ara so as to survive in the future of smartphone.

Project Ara is Concept to develop modular smartphones that could allow user to handpick the desired configuration for phone rather than to compromise on some levels. Such as some people don't feel the need to have camera in phone so they wouldn't have to pay for camera they can save money. More importantly Project Ara allows to upgrade your phone without having to buy a whole new piece, all you had to do is just buy a required chipset. After a year's use if you feel the need to upgrade RAM of Processor or anything you will not have to buy a whole new mobile all you have to spend on is what you want. Project Ara is believed to be in effect as of end of 2015. Prototypes has been successfully running since end of  2014.

If Project Ara comes out as good as it has been believed to it will change everything, now smartphone could be once in lifetime phone. It could be so affordable that everyone could buy it as per there need. You can buy a simple phone and modify it by high end components or just keep it simple. The choices of hardware will now be in your control. So is it safe to say that Project Ara could be the last Generation of Smartphone or I guess someday in future there could be a better project that might offer new capabilities to the consumer. Still Project Ara will be time stamp and the timeline of smartphone will be divided  in "Before Ara" and "After Ara".